- Industri: Education; Oil & gas
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The Petroleum Extension Service (PETEX) is a unit of the Division of Continuing Education at The University of Texas at Austin and has been training companies and individuals since 1944.
1. the last string of casing set in a well. 2. the string of casing that is set at the top of or through the producing zone, often called the oil string or production casing.
Industry:Oil & gas
to use a whipstock, turbodrill, or other mud motor to drill around the original planned path of the well.
Industry:Oil & gas
a weight applied to compensate for existing weight or force. On pumping units in oil production, counterweights are used to offset the weight of the column of sucker rods and fluid on the upstroke of the pump, and the weight of the rods on the downstroke.
Industry:Oil & gas
the quantities of whole mud lost to a formation, usually in cavernous, pressured, or coarsely permeable beds. Evidenced by the complete or partial failure of the mud to return to the surface as it is being circulated in the hole.
Industry:Oil & gas
1. in piping, a metal collar with internal threads used to join two sections of threaded pipe. 2. in power transmission, a connection extending between a driving shaft and a driven shaft.
Industry:Oil & gas
drill pipe, drill collars, tubing, or casing that has become separated in the hole from the part of the pipe reaching the surface, necessitating its removal before normal operations can proceed; for example, a fish.
Industry:Oil & gas
a well-servicing unit whose mast consists of but one steel tube, usually about 65 feet (19.8 meters) long.
Industry:Oil & gas
an incident in the workplace that results in an injury serious enough that causes the person injured to be unable to work for a day or more.
Industry:Oil & gas
